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Meet The Judge Handling The BigLaw Insider Trading Case
The Massachusetts federal judge presiding over an insider trading prosecution involving confidential deal information stolen from major U.S. law firms is known as an "ideal federal judge" who has deftly managed complicated cases with an even-handed approach.
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DOJ Attys Launch Disability Suit Over Telework Revocation
Two federal immigration attorney-advisers have filed a proposed class action accusing the U.S. Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review of violating the Rehabilitation Act by denying them telework accommodations for their disabilities.
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Blanche's AG Bid Could Face Rocky Path In Senate
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will be tapped for the permanent role, but he might not have a smooth path to confirmation.
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Atlantic City Mayor Sues County Prosecutor After Acquittal
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small has sued Atlantic County Prosecutor William E. Reynolds for malicious prosecution and violation of his civil rights, alleging Reynolds' prosecution of Small on child abuse charges was a politically motivated attempt to remove him from office.
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Ex-Walmart, Coupang Legal Leader Named To Utah Top Court
The former chief compliance officer that led Walmart Inc. through a grueling foreign bribery investigation, and who went on to become the first general counsel of Korean e-commerce giant Coupang, has been named to the Utah Supreme Court.
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Justices Say FCC Fines Can Stand Without Jury Trial
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Federal Communications Commission's authority to issue monetary penalties Thursday, knocking down challenges to nearly $200 million in fines against the Big Three wireless carriers for failing to protect consumer data privacy.
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Supreme Court Shuts Down 'Skinny Label' Drug Patent Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ended a patent suit over Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s generic version of a heart drug that uses a so-called skinny label, saying Amarin Pharma Inc. had not plausibly alleged that Hikma encouraged healthcare providers to infringe its patents.
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SEC Disgorgement Powers Stay Intact After High Court Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could collect ill-gotten gains from alleged fraudsters without having to identify victims who were financially harmed by the fraud, declining to place further limits on the agency's disgorgement powers six years after it last did so.
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SPLC Slams Feds For Leaking Superseding Indictment Draft
The Trump administration secured a superseding indictment alleging the Southern Poverty Law Center paid extremist group informants to "stoke racial hatred" while the nonprofit asked an Alabama federal court to consider sanctioning the government for sharing an unsigned draft indictment to journalists in a "stunning departure from ... proper procedure."
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The Plaintiffs Atty Now 5-0 At High Court With No Dissents
It's true that Jennifer Bennett is undefeated at the U.S. Supreme Court, but it's also an understatement. Bennett's five wins, including two recent ones, were all unanimous decisions. They showed that the plaintiffs bar can still persuade a conservative supermajority. And they turned the tide after a spree of decisions keeping workers and consumers out of court.
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Court Reporter Shortage A 'Crisis,' Calif. Supreme Court Told
Two legal nonprofits urged the California Supreme Court to issue an order entitling low-income civil litigants to electronic recording if a live court reporter is not available, saying at a hearing Wednesday that a court reporter shortage in the Golden State has created a "crisis."
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Goldstein Cites Addiction To Avoid Time, DOJ Seeks 8 Years
Federal prosecutors recommended a 97-month prison sentence for convicted SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein, telling a Maryland federal court he has bilked the government out of more than $9.5 million in unpaid taxes. Goldstein, meanwhile, asked for a suspended sentence and supervised release, citing a "severe and longstanding gambling addiction."
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BigLaw Insider Trading Defendants Have Big-Name Legal Help
An insider trading case involving nonpublic information prosecutors say was stolen from some of the largest law firms in the U.S. has ensnared more than two dozen defendants, many of whom have turned to lawyers with notable clients including Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and Luigi Mangione.
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Ex-Judge Says 4th Circ. Ruling Undercuts Obstruction Charge
A former Wisconsin state judge who directed a defendant away from her courtroom to evade immigration agents told a federal court Wednesday that a recent Fourth Circuit ruling overturning a Salvadoran man's obstruction conviction in a separate case should erode the basis for her own conviction.
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Graham Pushes Federal Tort Path After DOJ Drops $1.8B Fund
The U.S. Department of Justice seemed, at least briefly, to support a Republican senator's alternative solution to the "anti-weaponization" $1.8 billion fund that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday the department is abandoning.
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Mass. Lawyer Admits To $5M Client Fund Theft
A Massachusetts attorney on Wednesday pled guilty in Boston to stealing client funds, in his second tangle with the law after being convicted of campaign finance violations several years ago.
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Police Say Man Who Served As ALJ Cut Wife With Butter Knife
A Miami resident who served as a federal administrative law judge was arrested after police say he cut his wife with a butter knife during a domestic dispute.
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5 Things To Know About Texas Judge In Camp Mystic Suits
The state judge overseeing litigation about flooding deaths at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, has a history of handling other high-profile cases such as the Sandy Hook defamation suits against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and also spearheading an equity program as part of her involvement with the Austin Bar Association.
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Ga. Justices Won't Review Tardiness Contempt Against Atty
The Georgia Supreme Court has refused to consider an attorney's petition to challenge her criminal contempt conviction for being hours late for jury selection in a felony case, despite the short notice she was given of the proceedings.
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Justices Allow Ala. To Use 'Discriminatory' Map In Midterms
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paused a lower court order requiring Alabama to hold this year's elections under a court-drawn map that gives Black voters a chance to elect two preferred congressional candidates, allowing the state to readopt a map that gives Black voters only one such opportunity.
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Chicago US Atty Report Denies Grand Jury Misconduct Claim
The Northern District of Illinois' top prosecutor sought to offer clarity Tuesday surrounding accusations of his possible interference with grand jury proceedings that preceded a criminal conspiracy indictment against six protesters, releasing a special report one defendant's attorney says raises more questions than it answers.
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DOJ Won't Move Forward With $1.8B Fund, Blanche Confirms
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday, "we're not moving forward" with the controversial $1.8 billion settlement fund.
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Ill. Judge's Suit Over MAGA Ouster Paused, But Not Tossed
A retired Illinois judge whose reinstatement was canceled over a pro-MAGA opinion column will have to sue the state Supreme Court justices in state court, a federal judge ruled Monday, saying the suit doesn't belong in federal court.
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Dem AGs Slam Climate Science Removal From Judicial Guide
The federal judiciary's decision to strike a chapter on climate change from its guide to scientific evidence is misguided, partisan and "will impede the judiciary's ability to pursue truth," according to a Tuesday letter from nearly two dozen Democratic state attorneys general.
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Senate Confirms Montana, Kansas Judges
The Senate confirmed judges Tuesday for Montana and Kansas, one of whom was the first judicial nominee of the second Trump administration to receive a "not qualified" rating from the American Bar Association.
Expert Analysis
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.